Josh is back to talk about his buddies Dewey Golf Trip.  Alex waxes about recent rounds at 1757 & South Riding.  Which one resembles a Wegman’s?  A fun pairing at East Potomac, and renderings released for Rock Creek Park GC. Listen to Episode 6 of the Surrender Birdies podcast below ..read more

Joining Alex on the show is Dominic Lee to talk about the 2024 Masters, including his first trip to Augusta National earlier in the week.  We discuss an amazing golf deal that he jumped on pre-covid at Worthington Manor and learn about a local golf group called The Hive. Listen to Episode 5 of the ..read more

Alex talks Grapefruit League golf and public options down in West Palm Beach as well as a visit to Tiger Woods’ booming mini-golf business.  Josh stops off at Furnace Creek GC north of Charm City and the discussion turns to a shared love of the nine-holer at Sligo Creek, along with an offbeat anecdote related ..read more

With a professional golf career spanning 43 years and counting, Fred Funk has experienced close to all you can imagine on tour.  The PG County native who played for and coached the UMD golf team before his long journey on tour, joins the podcast to share stories from his career, memories from golf around the ..read more

Josh talks a few recent coastal first-state rounds at Baywood Greens, The Rookery & Midway.  Alex plays a blustery round at Bull Run and shares some recent observations down at East Potomac. Listen to Episode 3 of the Surrender Birdies podcast below ..read more

Alex and Josh dive into night golf after watching the latest iteration of The Match as well a recent round under the lights played at Knights Play in North Carolina.  The discussion dives into the economics of adding lights to a course and where in the DMV night golf could work.  Josh goes into the ..read more

For the past eight years, superintendent Chris Navin has led an on-course resurgence at PB Dye GC, with a continuing series of projects designed to have the course in the conversation as one of the best public options in the region.  In the mid-2010s, conditions went through a rough stretch which led to ownership bringing ..read more

The 2024 PGA Show in Orlando kicks off a conversation with Golf News Net's founder, Ryan Ballangee.  We discuss what Ryan saw at the show and how he's seen the event evolve over the years before our discussion dives into his career in golf media.  Just last year, Golf News Net launched a 24-hour golf radio platform with iHeartRadio and is getting ready to launch a similar concept for streaming video.  We also touch on the latest news in the pro golf world as well as the recent ownership movement with our local sports franchises. thegolfnewsnet.com Listen or watch episode 78 belo ..read more

Fresh off last weekend's PGA Tour Q-School, Davis Lamb joins the podcast to talk through his young career, which saw back-to-back wins on PGA Tour Canada this past summer.  Those victories and a top 5 finish in the Fortinet Cup have earned him status on the Korn Ferry Tour with a handful of guaranteed starts to kick off the season in just a few weeks. Davis is a DC area native who won All-Met POY his senior year at Georgetown Prep in 2016, won a Maryland State Open while playing golf at Notre Dame and can still call Congressional CC home.  In our conversation he provides us a glimpse ..read more

Jim Estes has enjoyed a long journey tied to this game.  The DC area native and long-time resident spent years playing professionally on various tours both domestically and abroad, playing in five majors and earning his PGA Tour card for a year in the late 90s.  But his enduring contribution to the game is co-founding the Salute Military Golf Association, created in 2006 to help post 9/11 wounded veterans improve life after combat through the game of golf.  Jim talks with us about making an impact on the lives of wounded veterans, his time playing for Fred Funk at UMD, coaching ..read more